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Douglas, Henry. Convicted at Surrey Quarter Session for a term of 14 years on 03 April 1832. York 11 August 1832. Van Diemen's Land. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 392 Henry Douglas, one of 200 convicts transported on the York, 11 August 1832. Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990] This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Convicts--Australia--Registers. Australia--Genealogy.

Douglas, Henry. Convicted at York. Doncaster Quarter Session for a term of life on 23 April 1833. 50330. Aurora 03 July 1833. New South Wales. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 161 (82) Henry Douglas, one of 300 convicts transported on the Aurora, 03 July 1833. Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project, [1948-1990] This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Convicts--Australia--Registers. Australia--Genealogy.



Two further convicts named Douglas:
Henry from Brooklyn, New York and Henry from Edinburgh, Scotland
Henry Henry 

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